Karen Memory

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You ain t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I m gonna tell you anyway See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I m one of the girls what works in the H tel Mon Cherie on Amity Street H tel has a little hat over the o like that It s French, so Beatrice tells me Set in the late 19th century when the city we now call Seattle Underground was the whole town and still on the surface , when airships plied the trade routes, would be gold miners were heading to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront, Karen is a young woman on her own, is making the best of her orphaned state by working in Madame Damnable s high quality bordello Through Karen s eyes we get to know the other girls in the house a resourceful group and the poor and the powerful of the town Trouble erupts one night when a badly injured girl arrives at their door, begging sanctuary, followed by the man who holds her indenture, and who has a machine that can take over anyone s mind and control their actions And as if that wasn t bad enough, the next night brings a body dumped in their rubbish heap a streetwalker who has been brutally murdered.Bear brings alive this Jack the Ripper yarn of the old west with a light touch in Karen s own memorable voice, and a mesmerizing evocation of classic steam powered science. New Read [ Karen Memory ] author [ Elizabeth Bear ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr 4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum You ain t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I m gonna tell you anyway See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I m one of the girls what works in the H tel Mon Cherie on Amity Street H tel has a little hat over the o like that It s French, so Beatrice tells me A lot of times, it s the books that initially fly under my radar which end up impressing me the most This was the case with 4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum You ain t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I m gonna tell you anyway See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I m one of the girls what works in the H tel Mon Cherie on Amit...After making it to page 90 something, I just couldn t go on Karen Memory is a mixed bag of genres telling a story that s been told before prostitutes with hearts of gold become targets of big, bad men in a frontier town Now, I like a good western and I like good science fiction, and nothing makes me as giddy as when the two come together seamlessly R.I.P Firefly , but Karen Memory wasn t a particularly good western and it was only sci fi by way of some very minima...This was a high adventure and a barrel of laughs Karen Memory is a fantastic protagonist with a very authentic voice An action filled western with lots of shoot outs and shenanigans A wonderfully varied cast of characters, heros and villains alike A badass bun...Reposted to Booknest.euGentle readers you might not know this about me but I am a shitkicker to the core I may put on high airs and use proper grammar and such to the best of my ability but in reality I am genuine hick I raised hog for most of my growing days and have a fair hand with a hoss Get me around my mama s kin forthan an hour and this ol boy could fit in to the most authentic casting of Oklahoma y all have ever seen.So you bet your ass I fell in love with miss Karen Memery, spe Reposted to Booknest.euGentle readers you might not know this about me but I am a shitkicker to the core I may put on high airs and use proper grammar and such to the best of my ability but in reality I am genuine hick I raised hog for most of my growing days and have a fair hand with a hoss Get me around my mama s kin forthan an hour and this ol boy could fit in to the most authentic casting of Oklahoma y all have eve...I don t read a lot of steampunk The Gail Carriger Parasol Protectorate series though I count that as PNRthan anything, but I guess it does have steampunk qualities, so shrug and one or two others, and now this book But my friend Colleen says that a lot of things are CALLED steampunk when they actually aren t a distinction I ll likely never understand because I m just not that into it to get the finer nuances of the steampunk genre sub genre stuff I m bad at genre categorizatio I don t read a lot of steampunk The Gail Carriger Parasol Protectorate series though I count that as PNRthan anything, but I guess it does have steampunk qualities, so shrug and one or two others, and now this book But my friend Colleen says that a lot of things are CALLED steampunk when the...By now you ve probably readthan a few gushing, over the top, positive reviews of Karen Memory I got sucked in by the praise myself, to the point where I rather boldly harassed the local Chapters for not carrying a copy, but I m pleased to declare the praise warranted.Elizabeth Bear has crafted an unassuming sort of story that s equal parts science fiction, steampunk, alternate history, western, pulp adventure, romance, and thriller Surely, it seems like it should be too much, like there By now you ve probably readthan a few gushing, over the top, positive reviews of Karen Memory I got sucked in by the praise myself, to the point where I rather boldly harassed the local Chapters for not carrying a copy, but I m pleased to declare the praise warranted.Elizabeth Bear has crafted an unassuming sort of story that s equal parts science fiction, steampunk, alternate history, western, pulp adventure, romance, and thriller Surely, it seems like it should be too much, like there should ...Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear is a difficult book for me to review If I took a deconstructionist perspective, then it would get a higher rating because there were things about the book that I enjoyed however, I did not enjoy reading the book as a whole it was downright burdensome, which is never enjoyable.Things I enjoyed I loved the theory of this book The idea of reading about a brothel in a Seattle like city fascinated me The feminist intention I can t really say it had a feminist me Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear is a difficult book for me to review If I took a deconstructionist perspective, then it would get a higher rating because there were things about the book that I enjoyed however, I did not enjoy reading the book as a whole it was downright burdensome, which is never enjoyable.Things I enjoyed I loved the theory of this book The idea of reading about a brothel in a Seattle like city fascinated me The feminist intention I can t really say it had a feminist message , per se, but the intention to empower women, including prostitutes, was really intriguing The diversity Chinese, Indian, Native American, African American, transvestite, women, etc It really had a well rounded, diverse cast of character...Okay, let s start with the publisher s description You ain t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I m gonna tell you anyway See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I m one of the girls what works in the H tel Mon Cherie on Amity Street H tel has a little hat over the o like that It s French, so Beatrice tells me Hugo Award winning author Elizabeth Bear offers something new in Karen Memory, an absolutely entrancing steampunk novel set in Seattle in the late 19t Okay, let s start with the publisher s description You ain t gonna like what I have to tell you, but I m gonna tell you anyway See, my name is Karen Memery, like memory only spelt with an e, and I m one of the girls what works in the H tel Mon Cherie on Amity Street H tel has a little hat over the o like that It s French, so Beatrice tells me Hugo Award winning author Elizabeth Bear offers something new in Karen Memory, an absolutely entrancing steampunk novel set in Seattle in the late 19th century an era when the town was called Rapid City, when the parts we now call Seattle Underground were the whole town and still on the surface , when airships plied the trade routes bringing would be miners heading up to the gold fields of Alaska, and steam powered mechanicals stalked the waterfront Karen is a soiled dove, a young woman on he...Stimpank vestern Nije prvi put da naletim na ovaj svet Wild Wild West anyone ali je opet redak spoj da pretstavlja vrlo interesantan koncept Plus dodamo grim dark ose aj sa glavnim likom koja je prostitutka i dobijamo knjigu koja ima vrlo jedinstven glas.Cela knjiga je naracija iz prvog lica, sem razgovora, i ceo svet gledamo iz samo jednog ugla i vidimo samo to Karen vidi Generalno nisam fan takvog pisanja ali ovde je bilo dosta efektno po to je Karen odli an narator i sve je prikazano ta Stimpank vestern Nije prvi put da naletim na ovaj svet Wild Wild West anyone ali je opet redak spoj da pretstavlja vrlo interesantan koncept Plus dodamo grim dark ose aj sa glavnim likom koja je prostitutka i dobijamo knjigu koja ima vrlo jedinstven glas.Cela knjiga je naracija iz prvog lica, sem razgovora, i ceo svet gledamo iz samo jednog ugla i vidimo samo to Karen vidi Generalno nisam fan takvog pisanja ali ovde je bilo dosta efektno po to je Karen odli an narator i sve je prikazano tako da dr i pa nju injenica da je prostituka igra va nu ulogu ali nije uop te u fokusu po to za nju to je samo posao ko bilo koji i nema nikakvih te kih emotivnih konotacija Plus sama li no ne ka e ta je ta no to to radi neko koristi eufizme tipa gledanja u zvezde iako je to malo te e kada si u ku i ili ivenje po to zvani na profesija bordela je kroja nica.P...Well hellfire and tarnation, was this a dang excellent read Ok, I m sorry It s so hard for me not to talk or type, as it were in a Wild West type of way after finishing a Wild West type of book Especially when it s narrated in the first person, so every sentence and paragraph is filled with downhome wisdom and pioneer metaphors and good ol fashioned grammatical errors.So, this was amazing Exactly as I expected from Elizabeth Bear, whose fantasy Eternal Sky series which starts off with R Well hellfire and tarnation, was this a dang excellent read Ok, I m sorry It s so hard for me not to talk or type, as it were in a Wild West type of way after finishing a Wild West type of book Especially when it s narrated in the first person, so every sentence and paragraph is filled with downhome wisdom and pioneer metaphors and good ol fashioned grammatical errors.So, this was amazing Exactly as I expected from Elizabeth Bear, whose fantasy Eternal Sky series which starts off with Range of Ghosts was so hauntingly beautiful as to almost redefine the entire genre for me This book does the same w...

Karen Memory
  • 13 March 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 346 pages
  • 0765375249
  • Elizabeth Bear
  • Karen Memory